Chapter 497 - 355: True Spirit Duel (2)

Chapter 497: Chapter 355: True Spirit Duel (2)

"Human, you carry that person’s scent. You’re Cao Jinxian’s junior brother, aren’t you? To rashly enter my territory is to seek death!"

The True Spirit of the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon roared, its eyes completely crimson. But unlike others, it seemed to have retained some of its Spiritual Wisdom.

"Back then, I was slain by that person, and I died full of resentment. Now, after all these years, avenging myself is hopeless. But dragging you down to the grave with me... that wouldn’t be so bad!"

The Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon let out a cold roar. Its three bloodthirsty dragon eyes glinted with an eerie light, transforming into three sword-like beams that seemed capable of piercing heaven and earth as they shot toward Yu Changsheng’s True Spirit.

"Is that so? Then I’m afraid you’ve miscalculated."

Yu Changsheng took a deep breath, suppressing his shock. His Sea of Consciousness trembled violently, transforming into a world-shocking black Thunderbolt that lanced toward the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon.

"Thousand Thoughts Slash! God Shocking Needle!"

His Divine Sense shot out like lightning, blasting toward the True Spirit of the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon. The moment they collided, it became entangled with the three crimson rays from the dragon. Thunderbolt and light intertwined, a tangled mess.

This was a contest that had nothing to do with Cultivation or physical bodies. It was a battle purely of the depth and power of one’s Divine Soul and True Spirit.

The Sea of Consciousness roiled, and the golden sea within it churned with monstrous waves. The True Spirit of the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon shrieked, opening its cavernous, bloody maw and lunging madly at Yu Changsheng.

Yu Changsheng took three steps back, fighting down a wave of dizziness. He grit his teeth, a crimson light exploding in his eyes as he hammered punch after punch into the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon.

’This thing... A Tier Five Spirit Beast, and even its remnant soul is this hard to deal with.’

’Oh well. Good thing I’ve saved up a lot of Essence Points this past year. Otherwise, I really might not have made it through this.’

Yu Changsheng’s Status was demonic, but his thoughts remained calm and unaffected. He continued to fight the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon while deep in thought.

’Keep adding points!’

[Thousand Thoughts Slash: Great Success (300,000/500,000)]

[200,000 Essence Points consumed. Thousand Thoughts Slash has been successfully upgraded to the Transformation Realm!]

[Thousand Thoughts Slash: Entering the Realm of Mastery (Reached the Cultivation Technique’s limit, cannot be upgraded further)]

Entering the Realm of Mastery. When any Cultivation Technique reached this level, it would enter a completely new state, allowing its power to be displayed to the absolute fullest and even undergo earth-shattering changes.

And manifesting in Yu Changsheng, his Sea of Consciousness trembled, searing hot like waves, and every strand of black lightning was dyed gold.

A frightening, heart-pounding aura began to emanate ceaselessly from Yu Changsheng. His Divine Sense, already like a Vast Sea, now felt as deep as an abyss, as inescapable as a prison.

"God... Shocking... Needle!"

Yu Changsheng whispered softly, uttering the words one by one. With each word that fell, golden lightning bolts of Divine Sense emerged around him, wreathing him in their savage dance.

RUMBLE!

The bolts of golden lightning tangled together, constantly merging until they finally formed a colossal golden nail. It radiated wisps of divine might and carried the entirety of Yu Changsheng’s Power of Divine Soul as it flashed like a Thunderbolt, stabbing fiercely toward the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon.

"ROAR!"

The Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon was instantly on alert. A human-like flicker of fear appeared in its three crimson bestial eyes, and it viciously swung its dragon tail at the brilliant golden nail.

CRACK...

"AARGH!"

The Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon let out a sorrowful cry. The moment its tail made contact, it shattered inch by inch, dissolving into ash. The golden nail, however, merely paused for a fraction of a second before descending again like one of the Divine Soldiers, unstoppable as it tore through all obstacles and plunged downward.

This golden Soul Nail contained all of Yu Changsheng’s Power of Divine Soul. It was the strongest burst of power from the Thousand Thoughts Slash having Entered the Realm of Mastery. When it struck, it was as if the heavens and earth were torn asunder, and for a moment, only this eternal Soul Nail existed in the world.

As the attack landed, regardless of the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon’s fate, Yu Changsheng’s True Spirit was the first to spit out a mouthful of blood. His aura weakened considerably, but the sharp glint in his eyes grew even fiercer.

"Annihilate!"

Yu Changsheng roared. The next moment, the golden Soul Nail shuddered, all its electrical arcs retracting into itself. In their place, it erupted with even more astonishing speed and power.

BOOM!

The Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon shrieked and struggled violently, but no matter how it tried to dodge, it was useless. The golden Soul Nail had locked onto it completely. There was no escape, not in the heavens above or the earth below.

And so, wretched, mournful cries echoed out. Here, in the core of the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon’s Sea of Consciousness, its tiny speck of a True Spirit, no matter how unwilling it was, could only meet a final end of being torn to pieces and disintegrating inch by inch.

"Cao Jinxian, I hate you!"

The Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon roared, its deep cry filled with infinite unwillingness and resentment. The sound echoed through the world as residual power before it finally shattered into motes of light. From within its broken True Spirit, a dense point of white light silently emerged and drifted toward Yu Changsheng.

’Here it is, the final part!’

Yu Changsheng’s spirit jolted, and his breathing grew slightly ragged. This speck of Dao Seed that had emerged from the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon’s True Spirit was far denser and more vibrant than those from any Spirit Beast he had encountered before.

At the very instant the Bloodthirsty Ink Abyss Dragon’s True Spirit disintegrated, in the outside world, the massive body of the dragon trembled. The bloodthirsty red glow in its three vertical pupils silently faded, and its entire Beast Soul form dissolved into tiny white motes of light that surged toward Yu Changsheng.

This was like flipping a switch, setting off a chain reaction. The other ninety-eight Beast Souls all let out a whimper as their forms began to slowly disintegrate, transforming into motes of the purest white light that surged toward Yu Changsheng, completely engulfing him.

"He succeeded!"

The Sui Xian Sword Spirit’s gaze sharpened. Watching this scene unfold, it finally let out a long breath, the smile on its face growing more and more obvious.

’It wasn’t a waste for me to open so many back doors for you. This time, has the Saint-level Technique, the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique, truly reappeared in the world?’

The Sui Xian Sword Spirit chuckled softly, its eyes bright with anticipation. It began to watch with even greater focus.

’This is... so warm...’

Meanwhile, Yu Changsheng was somewhat surprised as he felt the surging white Sea of Light around him. He squinted his eyes in enjoyment, bathing in the Sea of Light as his mind and body completely relaxed.

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, as the last of the white light merged into it, the nascent Dao Seed finally finished forming. It took the shape of a diamond-shaped, milky-white seed, bobbing up and down.

Wisps of energy guided the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique, causing it to circulate automatically. At the same time, streams of information surfaced naturally in Yu Changsheng’s mind.

’Saint-level Technique, the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique...’

’Heaven gives birth to all things to nurture the myriad spirits... The "spirit" is the core of all living beings, containing all of a creature’s consciousness, soul, physical body, memories, and so on...’

’The first stage of the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique is external. One uses their own spirit to grow close to, attach to, and then control the myriad spirits... By coming into contact with the very core Origin of all things, one can point directly to the Great Dao. To put it in a single phrase: merge the self with the myriad spirits... The myriad spirits are me; we are fundamentally one. This is the reason for the affinity with all things...’

Streams of profound Runes suddenly burst forth from the Dao Seed, flowing continuously into Yu Changsheng’s limbs, bones, and every corner of his soul.

The ascension of the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique was still continuing. Gradually, motes of white light began to spread out from all over Yu Changsheng’s body, slowly suffusing the entire space.

One out, one in, it seemed to form a Cycle, endlessly generating, eternally turning.

’But merging the self with the myriad spirits is only the first part of this Cultivation Technique. The truly complete Ten Thousand Spirits Technique can be completely reversed... which is to say...’

’Use the myriad spirits... to merge with the self!’

’This Technique is completely different from the first part. It is not about transforming oneself into countless individuals, into countless spirits, to achieve symbiosis with all of creation—so that as long as creation does not perish, I too will not perish.’

’Instead, it is the reverse: using the spirits of all things to merge with and nourish one’s own spirit. All things become one, so even if heaven and earth are destroyed, I can remain eternally existent...’

Of course, to reach that level, one’s Realm was an indispensable requirement.

Having completed the Ten Thousand Spirits Technique, Yu Changsheng immediately perceived the profundity of this Cultivation Technique.